Antonio Sacchini's opera Armida

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Antonio Sacchini's opera *Armida* is an 18th-century Italian opera that dramatizes the sorceress Armida’s love and conflict with the crusader Rinaldo, based on Torquato Tasso’s epic poem *Gerusalemme liberata*.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
basedOn Gerusalemme liberata ⓘ
linked to: Jerusalem Delivered
basedOnAuthor Torquato Tasso ⓘ
characterType sorceress ⓘ
composer Antonio Sacchini ⓘ
conflictType duty versus passion ⓘ
emotional conflict ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
dramaticFocus Armida’s love for Rinaldo ⓘ
Rinaldo’s conflict between love and crusading duty ⓘ
era Classical era ⓘ
featuresCharacter Christian crusader ⓘ
magician ⓘ
genre opera seria ⓘ
hasCharacter Armida ⓘ
Rinaldo ⓘ
hasCharacterRole heroic crusader knight ⓘ
sorceress in love with a crusader ⓘ
historicalContext Crusades ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
literarySourceAuthor Torquato Tasso ⓘ
literarySourceGenre epic poem ⓘ
literarySourceLanguage Italian ⓘ
literarySourceTitle Gerusalemme liberata ⓘ
linked to: Jerusalem Delivered
mainTheme conflict between love and duty ⓘ
love ⓘ
magic ⓘ
war ⓘ
mythologyType Christian epic romance ⓘ
narrativeDevice enchantment ⓘ
magic ⓘ
narrativeSourcePeriod 16th century Italian literature ⓘ
period 18th century ⓘ
protagonist Armida ⓘ
Rinaldo ⓘ
setting First Crusade ⓘ
Holy Land ⓘ
style Neapolitan opera tradition ⓘ
subject Armida ⓘ
Rinaldo ⓘ
sungIn Italian ⓘ
title Armida ⓘ
workOf Antonio Sacchini ⓘ

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Gerusalemme liberata → hasAdaptation → Antonio Sacchini's opera Armida ⓘ
Armida → notableOperaAdaptation → Armida by Gioachino Rossini ⓘ
linked to: Antonio Sacchini's opera Armida